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H. C. ARNOLD.

WIRE SPLICING TOUL.

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IIORATIO CONSTANTINE ARNOLD, OF LAS ANIMAS, COLORADO.

WIRE-SPLICING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 641,632, dated January16, 1900.

Application filed May 4, 1899. Serial No. 715,565. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that 1, HORATIO OoNsTANTINE ARNOLD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Las Animas, in the county of Bent and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWire-Splicers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to tools for repairing wire fences.

My object is to provide a wire-splicing tool of improved constructionwhich will be adapted for repairing the broken runners of the fencerapidly and easily.

The invention resides in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, as will clearly appear from the followingdescription and appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the stretcherin use and the position of the splicers during the first operation; Fig.2, a view showing the second 0peration of the splicersg/ Fig. 3, a viewshowing the iinal operation of the same, and Figs. 4. and 5 are detailsof the splicers.

The operating-lever 1 of the stretcher is provided with the wire-cutter2, which is used for cutting the ends of the wire after the splice hasbeen completed.

The numerals 3 and 4 designate duplicate dogs or pawls pivoted at oneend to the lever and provided with hooks at their free ends. Awire-clamp 5 has one end pivoted to the lever at a point intermediatethe pivoted points of the dogs, said clamp being provided with the hook6 at its free end for engaging the wire.

The numeral 7 designates the remaining wire-clamp, the same having ahook 8, similar to hook 6 and being provided with a swivelhead 9, towhich is connected a chain 10, with which the hooked ends of the dogsare adapted to engage.

There are two splicing-tools, one of which, 11, I shall designate theholding-tool,7 and the other, 12, the wrapping tool. The holding-tool 1lhas two fingers 13 at one end,

provided by notching it, and the other end is of similar construction'with the exception that one of the iingers is bent at right angles toits length at 14. Aside from this difference the fingers are quite longand the space between them comparatively Wide. One end of thewrapping-tool 12 is constructed similarly to the end having the finger14, and the other end is bent into the portion 15, lying parallel to theshank and terminated in the portion 16, disposed at right anglesthereto.

When splicing the broken ends of a fencerunner, the hook 8 is engagedwith a barb on one end 17 of the wire, and the other end 18 is passedthrough the hook 6 and wrapped around the shank of the clamp to preventslipping. One of the dogs or pawls is then engaged with a link of thechain after stretching and the lever rocked and the other dog engagedwith said chain. This alternation of engagement iscontinued until thewire is properly stretched. The end 17 is then passed through the hookon the wrapping-tool and bent back again (see Fig. l) and the notchedend of the holding-tool fitted over the end 18. The wrapping-tool beinggrasped by the right hand and the holding-tool by the left hand, thewrapping-tool is turned under and up over the wire a few times, whichcauses the end 17 to wrap on end 18. The two tools are now removed andtheir ends reversed and the wire 17 made to enter the crotch in the endof the said tool, while the straight finger on the holding-tool isinserted between the two wire ends. (See Fig. 2.) While the holding-tool is held stationary, the wrapping- `tool is rotated, as before,the end of the wire being held from slipping out of the crotch by thefinger of the operator as the wrapping tool is rotated, both ends of thewire will be twisted, the finger on the holdin g-tool sliding alongbetween the wires in response to the pressure. When the wire has beenstretched sufiiciently, the wire-stretcher is removed and thesplicing-tools are applied, as shown in Fig. 3. The Wrapping-tool isheld stationary while the holding-tool is turned,`where upon a furtherwrapping will be obtained and the splice completed. The free ends of thesplice are held against the cutter on the IOO lever and struek by ahammer to eut them arated fingers, one of which is beniJ at right 1o oiand give the splice a finished appearance. angles to its length.

Having thus described my invention, what In testimony whereof I aiiix mysignature I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters in presence oftwo witnesses. 5 Patent, isy v v A Wmppmg t O O1 for Splicing Wire commHomme cotsimmt imola). ing of a shank having one end bent parallelWitnesses: to the shank and then bent at right angles to LEWIS P.WHITTINGHILL. itself and its other end provided with sep- .TACOB XVEIL.

